Legend Of The Four Kings
is a set of novels based loosely on Chinese mythology. It was written by Yoshiki Tanaka in collaboration with Japanese illustrator Yoshitaka Amano (Kodansha Novels edition) and manga artist group Clamp (Kodansha bunkobon). It is written with a humorous and satirical tone. It published the 14th volume as of 2019. On July 24, 2008, at San Diego Comic-Con, North American publisher Del Rey announced that they have secured the license to the ''Sohryuden'' novel series. This would have been the first work by Yoshiki Tanaka to be released in English. This was projected to be released in 2009, but was seen on online bookstores as having a 2011 release date. Due to the closure of Del Rey, the release has been cancelled. Story The story features four divine Dragon Kings, rulers of the four parts of the world according to Chinese myths. The brothers are reborn in the modern world, complete with supernatural powers and the ability to become the Dragons which are their true forms. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yoshiki Tanaka
is a Japanese novelist. Early life and education He was born in Hondo, Kumamoto, Hondo, Kumamoto Prefecture and took his doctorate degree in Japanese Language and Literature in the Graduate School of Gakushuin University, Gakushūin University in Tokyo. Work His major works include the sci-fi space opera novel series entitled ''Ginga Eiyū Densetsu'' (銀河英雄伝説), also known as ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' , and the fantasy novel series ''Arslan Senki'' (アルスラーン戦記), also known as ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', both of which were adapted as anime and manga. His fantasy works also include the novel series ''Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings'' (創竜伝) that was also adapted as anime. Tanaka is an avid fan of History of China, Chinese history and wrote some novels set in China. He also published two ''arranged''-translations of Chinese literature: "Sui Tang Yanyi" (:Zh:隋唐演義, 隋唐演義, "Stories of Sui Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasty ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or exposing the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm —"in satire, irony is militant", according to literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to question. Satire is found in many a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex McSweeney
Alex McSweeney is a British actor, best known for playing Graham Foster in '' EastEnders'' from 2003 to 2005. Other programmes he has appeared in include '' Silent Witness'' and '' Holby City''. He also appeared in ''Lewis'', in 2007. He has also portrayed 'Captain Wilder' in the third series of the ITV show ''Primeval'' in 2009. He was also a regular guest actor on ''The Bill'' between 1994 and 2003, before taking on the role of series regular David Radford in 2004. Career Following training at London Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA), and the Academy Drama School, he appeared in such roles as 'One Ball Bill' in Keen Eddie comedy-drama television series for the Fox network, alongside Sienna Miller in 2003. He was in Steven Berkoff's groundbreaking production of ''On The Waterfront'' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2008. In the summer of 2011, while performing in Steven Berkoff's "Oedipus" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Alex directed a cast of young actors in the play ''A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hideo Ishikawa
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. He is most known for being voices for Kicchō Fukuda in ''Slam Dunk'', Auron in ''Final Fantasy X'', Itachi Uchiha in ''Naruto'', Squall Leonhart in ''Final Fantasy VIII'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'', Jūshirō Ukitake in ''Bleach'', Pierre de Chaltier in '' Tales of Destiny'' and Ryoma Nagare in many of the newer ''Getter Robo'' OVAs and ''Super Robot Wars'' games. Filmography Televsion animation ;1993 *''Slam Dunk'' as Kicchou Fukuda, Hiroshi Morishige, Tatsumasa Oda, Teruo Ookawa *''Sailor Moon R'' as Driver, Man ;1994 *'' Captain Tsubasa J'' as Makoto Soda *''Dragon Ball Z'' as Monk, Subordinate A ;1998 *''Outlaw Star'' as Father, Silgrian *'' Cooking Master Boy'' as Raihou *'' Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' as Masaki *''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' as Eiichi Ikenami *''Fancy Lala'' as Hiroya Aikawa *'' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Hero ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daiki Nakamura
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with 81 Produce. Some of his best-known work includes Gaine in ''The Brave Express Might Gaine'' and Grandpa in ''Grandpa Danger''. Filmography Anime *''After War Gundam X'' (Shingo Mori) *''Aoki Densetsu Shoot!'' (Junji Iwagami) *''Brave Exkaiser'' (Sky Max, God Max) *''The Brave Express Might Gaine'' (Gaine, Might Gaine, Great Might Gaine, Great Might Gaine Perfect Mode) *'' Colorful'' (Kariya) *''Cromartie High School'' (Friend of Pootan) *''Dragon Ball Z'' (Bun) *''Flame of Recca'' ( Mokuren Nagai) *''Grandpa Danger'' (Grandpa) *''Gurren Lagann'' (Dayakka) *'' Hunter × Hunter (2011)'' (Welfin) *''Initial D Fourth Stage This is a list of episodes for the anime series '' Initial D''. ''Initial D: First Stage (1998)'' Episodes in First Stage are numbered as Acts, such as "ACT.1 The Ultimate Tofu Store Drift". ''Initial D: Second Stage'' (1999–2000) Second St ...'' (Toru Suetsugu) *''InuYasha'' (Orochidayu) *''Monster Rancher (anime ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nobuo Tobita
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision. He is most known for the roles of Kamille Bidan (''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''), Albert Heinrich/004 (''Cyborg 009'' (2001)), and Sueo Maruo (''Chibi Maruko-chan''). His debut role is Bob in the 1982 anime television series ''Cybot Robotchi''. He has also voiced many characters for the story CDs in ''Sound Horizon''. Filmography Television animation ;1982 *''Cybot Robotchi'' (Bob) ;1983 *''Captain Tsubasa'' (Ken Wakashimazu) ;1985 *''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (Kamille Bidan) ;1986 *''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (Kamille Bidan) ;1987 *'' Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (Little Women)'' (Theodore "Laurie" Laurence) ;1991 *''Goldfish Warning!'' (Aoi) ;1993 *''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Mathis Walker) ;1994 *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (Ulube Ishikawa) ;1995 *''Fushigi Yūgi'' (Tomo) ;1996 *''Rurouni Kenshin'' (Takeda Kanryū) ;2001 *''Cyborg 009'' (Albert Heinrich/004) *''Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeff Harding (actor)
Jeff Harding is an American actor from Andover, Massachusetts, who attended college in Brunswick, Maine. He is best known as an audiobook narrator for works like ''The Da Vinci Code'', '' The Bourne Identity'', '' Kane and Abel'' and ''Secrets Of The Code''. As an actor, he has appeared in films like ''The Razor's Edge'' (1984), ''Spies Like Us'' (1985), ''Hackers'' (1995), ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997), ''Alfie'' (2004) and '' De-Lovely'' (2004). A United Kingdom resident since the 1970s, he has appeared in British comedies like ''The Armando Iannucci Shows'', ''The Fast Show'' and ''Father Ted'' and in the 1980s BBC drama series ''Howards' Way''. On ''The Fast Show'', Harding's sketches often involved nothing more than his character saying "Hi, I'm Ed Winchester" to camera in the style of a TV news reporter. He also appeared in the 1990s remake of ''The Tomorrow People'' as General Damon. He dubbed "Felidae" In 1994 In the BBC docudrama series ''Seven Wonders of the Industr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dan Green (voice Actor)
James Hadley Snyder (born February 16, 1970), known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', the anime series version of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances. Early life Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Career Green is best known as the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', Trudge in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', and Knuckles the Echidna in ''Sonic X'' and the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games (2005–2010). He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, TAJ Productions and Central Park Media. He has also worked on script adaptations of ''Kurokami: The Animation'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'', and teaches voice acting at Edge Studio in New York City. Personal life Green married singer and voice actress Michal Lura Friedman, bet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mitsuru Miyamoto
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He is attached to Theatre Company Subaru. He is best known for Keiichi Nakagawa from ''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'', Roger Smith from ''The Big O'', Ougai Mori from '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', Gaku Yashiro from '' Erased'', Steven A. Starphase from ''Blood Blockade Battlefront'' and Maiza Avaro from ''Baccano!'', as well as the Japanese voice of adult Simba from ''The Lion King''. In the live action field, Miyamoto is the famous dubbing over artist of Ethan Hawke, Adrien Brody, Matthew Modine, Gil Bellows and Guy Pearce. He was also the first dub-over artist of Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt in their early days. Filmography Television animation ;1990s *''YuYu Hakusho'' (1993) (Akarenja) *'' H2'' (1995) (Hideo Tachibana) *''Baby and Me'' (1996) ( Harumi Enoki) *''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (1996) (Keiichi Nakagawa) *''Kinda'ichi Case Files'' (1997) (Takuya Ogi) *''Fancy Lala'' (19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shō Hayami
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. He is mainly known for his smooth, deep voice. During his career, he has played a wide range of characters from kind-hearted heroes ( Father Remington, Maximilian Jenius, Nicholas D. Wolfwood) to twisted sociopaths (Sōsuke Aizen, Muraki Kazutaka, Enrico Maxwell and ''LoL'' champion Jhin). He is married to Rei Igarashi and works for Rush Style. Filmography Television animation ;1981 *''Queen Millennia'', Millennium Thief A (as Yasushi Ōhama) ;1982 *''Armored Fleet Dairugger XV'', Tatsuo Izumo *''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', Maximilian Jenius *'' The New Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee'', Max ;1983 *''Aura Battler Dunbine'', Burn Bunnings *'' Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne'', Terryman, The Ninja, The Hawkman *''The Super Dimension Century Orguss'', Kei Katsuragi ;1984 *''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'', Gavlet Gablae, Preita Quoize ;1986 *'' Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin'', Kisaragi *'' Machine Robo: Re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |